Mr. Schisa is counsel in Davis Polk’s Financial Institutions Group and economic sanctions and national security practice, based in the Washington DC office.

He has extensive experience with the economic sanctions laws and regulations administered by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), having served for nearly 10 years as an attorney in the Office of the Chief Counsel, Foreign Assets Control, the legal office that supports OFAC. In addition to sanctions, Mr. Schisa regularly advises clients on U.S. anti-money laundering (AML) and export control laws and regulations, and also supports the firm’s practice before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).

Advises clients regarding sanctions-related inquiries from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and state agencies implementing divestment laws and assists clients in preparing sanctions-related disclosure for inclusion in annual reports to the SEC

Recognition

2016 recipient of the Treasury Department Office of General Counsel’s Miklos L. Lonkay Award for Excellence

2014 recipient of Treasury Legal Division Award for Legal Research and Writing